at least tomorrow is another day

Some things that have happened lately:

• Big hike in the Dunes Monday. BIG. Berghoef ran up a very steep hill and I watched in wonder and amazement. I also, in a most geekiest of geeky fashion, suggested we get into orienteering.
• Season 1 of Deadwood is finished. There are differing opinions on the last 2 episodes. Regardless, the agonizing wait for Season 2 to come in from the library has begun.
• The head of my bed now faces west.
• I have a table set up in the room formerly known as "The Reading Room." I currently only have 1 chair, but it is divine to sit at a table and eat like a grownup. I look forward to some Scrabble playing in the near future.
• I've been eating many cold things as the weather is oppressively humid. Sugar-free popsicles are good as are salads that include sunflower seeds and avocados.
• I got a flat tire. I just picked it up from the bike shop next door where I paid $11.35 for something I could learn to do myself for $5.00. I'm checking out a book on bike maintenance tonight. Despite it not being my usual bike shop I am happy to report that the bikeshopboys next door are just as attractive and personable as the bikeshopboys downtown.
• I've been playing some excellent Star Wars Pinball.
• I did a nice thing for a neighbor.
• Unexpectedly ran into some people last night and had fun conversations about high school English classes, Keno, del.icio.us and Web 2.0, mortgages...

I'm feeling really blah today. I had a rough start to my workday which I think may have something to do with it. There's alot that I should be fired up about ("It doesn't indicate a shift in policy," says a Pentagon lawyer. Except for the fact that it's a complete reversal of the previous policy the administration was employing.), but I just can't seem to muster any enthusiasm (The Homeland Security Department is a perfect example of government being crushed under the weight of the bureaucracy it created for itself. It's also a perfect example of America's ability to fool itself into thinking that just by creating a new department things will be safer.) or outrage (Hezbollah, Lebanon, Syria and Iran vs. Israel. That doesn't sound explosive or dangerous does it?) about any of it.

My brain feels empty.